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I-25 Nbl over Palomas Creek

Sierra County, New Mexico · rated Fair in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory

United States Bridge Conditions2025 National Bridge Inventory, FHWACompiled August 20, 2026

I-25 Nbl over Palomas Creek in Sierra County, New Mexico, is rated in fair condition in the 2025 National Bridge Inventory (as of August 20, 2026).
Its lowest-rated component is the superstructure, rated 5 (fair condition) on the 0-9 scale.
It was built in 1968, making it 57 years old at the 2025 inventory.
It carries about 8,962 vehicles a day (traffic count year 2023).
Its listed owner is the state highway agency.
It is one of 73 of the 112 inventoried bridges in Sierra County rated fair (65.2%); 5 (4.5%) are rated poor.
A fair rating means the lowest-rated major component scores 5 or 6 on FHWA's 0-9 scale: some deterioration or minor section loss, but the structure is sound. It is the middle class, not a warning.

Component ratings


Structure	Prestressed concrete stringer or multi-beam girder
Length	about 368 ft
Location	8.1 M N Jct NM-152/I-25
NBI structure number	000000000006844
Condition class	Fair

Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory, 2025 data as reported by the New Mexico department of transportation.

Bridge	Built	Vehicles/day	Condition
I-25 Sbl over Palomas Creek	1968	8,962	Fair
I-25 Nbl/sbl over Canada Honda	1968	8,962	Fair
I-25 Nbl/sbl over County Rd-b079	1968	8,962	Fair
I-25 NB over Nm-181	1967	8,510	Fair
I-25 Nbl over Percha Creek	1965	8,008	Fair
I-25 Sbl over Percha Creek	1965	8,008	Fair